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Sunday, 8 April 2007

Bytes · Apple isn't Green - Craigslist’s gay profits - GodTube

Apple Inc. has the worst environmental policies among major electronics companies, according to Greenpeace.

First placed Lenovo, who are Chinese, "offers takeback and recycling in all the countries where its products are sold," Greenpeace said. Lenovo also says how much e-waste it recycles as a percentage of sales.

Woolworths is the latest company to add user-generated content to it's website. They're using Reevoo to collect and publish reviews of many of the retailer's products including music, video and mobile phones. They say:

We aim to publish all reviews – good and bad. However, we have to reject reviews with bad language, confusing or offensive content. So what they say, is what you see.

Telegraph.co.uk have dropped Google Maps citing fears that they'll ad ads and start charging brands. Instead, they signed up to Rocket Map.

"While no entrepreneur is excited about potentially competing with Google, it had to happen… There are a number of friend/foe relationships that spring up when you have alliances and markets with rapidly evolving needs. Our business will be disrupted too in some ways but it was time."

Turns out that by far the most popular categories are men-seeking-women etc. with some interesting breakdowns by category by city.

"But that’s not the entire story. A deeper look into the metrics reveals a real power group behind Craigslist’s impressive numbers: men seeking men. Even though they only enjoy Top 5 status in two cities by visitor volume, each month these Craigslist constituents view over 50% more pages and 20 more minutes on average searching these posts than any others – from apartment rentals to items for baby."